She couldn’t believe how much red there was on her hands, and dripping off the thin knife still held in them. Anger now cooled, she watched as each droplet hit the floor with a small explosion of startling violence, and thought how beautiful the pattern was that it created. Shaking her head at her dreaming, she wondered what she should do now. “Have I really killed you?” she mused, “No, for where there is Death, there is Life”, and she swiped her palette knife over the canvas and a fresh colourful creation was born.
© ceenoa
This story has been percolating in my brain for a month or more. Thankfully this challenge post from Brian brought it to the boil when he sent me my 3 words yesterday: startling, colourful, explosion. As soon as I got them I knew that they fit this short paragraph story, and so, here it is.
Ceenoa 
great story and image!
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Thanks Sis
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I think this is super. Well done.
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Thank you, This one took me much longer that normal to write, as I wanted to get the 3 words “just right”.
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Yowza! Brian needs to challenge you more often! (Hear that, Brian?)
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Haha – Thanks Christi. I enjoyed this, although it did take me a lot longer than normal to write this one – I kept fiddling with it because it had to be “just right”. I added, I subtracted – i think i thought i was creating maths! In the end, less was more and I am happy with how it turned out.
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You should be happy Girl 3. And have you given Brian 3 words to write about?
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Thaks. and No – the challenge was his.
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Oooh, that is a stunning work of art. Just beautiful.
Loved the short story too. All sorts of scenarios where running through my head until it reached it’s clever conclusion.
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Glad it amused you my friend, and thanks for the lovely compliment on my art.
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I agree this is a super piece of flash fiction, Claudette. It takes the reader on an entirely different path to the one they think they are on. I’m glad you finally let it on the loose.
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That’s a grand compliment from you Hugh,the master of misdirection 🙂 Thanks.
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